Power Amplifier Apparatus and Power Amplifier Circuit

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to a power amplifier apparatus and a power amplifier circuit. The power amplifier circuit uses a Doherty circuit structure, uses a High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) power amplifier to implement a Carrier amplifier with the Doherty circuit structure, and uses a Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (LDMOS) to implement a Peak amplifier. With the power amplifier apparatus and power amplifier circuit of the present invention, the power amplifier efficiency is improved.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and moreespecially, to a power amplifier apparatus and power amplifier circuitin the field of communications.

BACKGROUND OF THE RELATED ART

In face of increasingly fierce competition in the market, the efficiencyof the base station products has become the focus of competition in theindustry, the efficiency of the main component—power amplifier—thatdetermines the efficiency of the base station has become a top priority,and the industry has invested in the research on the efficiencyimprovement technologies, wherein, the Doherty technology is a maturetechnology that is most widely used at present, and the amplifiermanufacturers have begun producing and applying the Doherty amplifiersin mass, how to further improve the efficiency in this technology isparticularly important.

The Doherty technology was invented by W. H. Doherty in 1936, it wasoriginally used in traveling wave tubes to provide high powertransmitter for broadcasting, its structure is simple and highlyefficient.

The conventional Doherty structure consists of two power amplifiers: amain power amplifier (also called the carrier power amplifier) and anauxiliary amplifier (also known as Peak Power Amplifier), wherein, thecarrier power amplifier works in Class B or AB, and the peak poweramplifier works in Class C. The two power amplifiers do not work inturns, but the main amplifier works all the time, and the auxiliaryamplifier only works when the preset peak power is reached. The 90degree quarter-wavelength line after the carrier power amplifier is forimpedance transformation, its purpose is to play the role of reducingthe apparent impedance of the carrier power amplifier when the auxiliarypower amplifier works, thus to ensure that the active load impedanceconsisting of the auxiliary power amplifier and the subsequent circuitsreduces when the auxiliary power amplifier works, thus the outputcurrent of the carrier power amplifier is amplified. Due to thequarter-wavelength line after the main power amplifier, in order to makethe outputs of the two power amplifiers in phase, 90° phase shift isalso needed before the auxiliary power amplifier, as shown in FIG. 1.

The main power amplifier works in Class B, when the input signal isrelatively small, only the main power amplifier is in a workingcondition; when the output voltage of the main power amplifier reachesthe peak saturation point, the efficiency can reach 78.5% in theory. Ifthe excitation is doubled at this time, the main power amplifier isalready saturated when a half of the peak value is reached, and theefficiency also reaches 78.5% of the maximum, at this time, theauxiliary power amplifier also begins to work together with the mainpower amplifier. The introduction of the auxiliary power amplifier makesthe load reduced from the perspective of the main power amplifier, sincethe auxiliary power amplifier for the load is equivalent to connecting anegative impedance serially, even if the output voltage of the mainpower amplifier is saturated and constant, the output power continues toincrease (the current flowing through the load becomes larger) due tothe load reduction. When the excitation peak is reached, the auxiliarypower amplifier also reaches the maximum point of its own efficiency,and the total efficiency of the two power amplifiers is much higher thanthe efficiency of a single class B power amplifier. The maximumefficiency 78.5% of a single class B power amplifier appears at the peakvalue, but currently the efficiency 78.5% appears at a half of the peakvalue, so this kind of system architecture can achieve very highefficiency (each amplifier reaches its maximum output efficiency).

Due to the requirements of the base station system on set-top outputpower, the requirement for the gain of RF power amplifier is tens of dB,thus one stage of amplification is not enough, generally 3-4 stages ofamplification are needed, that is, the pre-drive, the drive and thefinal stage. Currently, the link structure commonly used in the industryis as follows: the pre-drive stage uses the RF small-signal amplifier,and its working mode is CLASS A; the drive and final stages use the sametype of RF power amplifiers (currently, the industry uses the LDMOSdevices), the working mode of the drive stage is CLASS AB, and the finalstage is the Doherty structure.

With the industry's green concept, the requirements by the operators onthe efficiency of the communication system is almost harsh, even withthe advanced Doherty technology, the power amplifier efficiency is stillunable to meet their increasing demands, it is necessary to makecontinuous improvements on the basis of the Doherty technology toachieve continuous efficiency improvement.

In the traditional RF power amplifier, the Doherty structure is onlyapplied to the final stage, and the drive stage and the final stage usethe same type of power amplifiers, whose advantages are: the supplyvoltages and the bias modes are the same, thus the design of the biascircuit is simple; since the amplifiers are the same type, thediscretion of the mass production is relatively easy to control.However, a fact that cannot be ignored is: the industry's leading LDMOSdevice has been developed to the eighth generation, its cost is low, butits performance has very limited room for improvement, which cannot meetthe environmental protection requirements; in addition, although thepower amplifier efficiency is primarily determined by the final stage,the final stage contributes 90% of the operating current, thus furtherenhancing the efficiency of the final stage has great significance, butthe 10% contributed by the drive stage cannot be ignored even more,therefore, it also needs to improve the circuit of the drive stage.

From the signal power spectrum distribution of different schemes of thecurrent communication systems, the 70%-80% energy output by the poweramplifier is concentrated around the average power, that is, most of theoperating current of the final stage power amplifier which applies theDoherty technology is contributed by the Carrier amplifier, thusenhancing the efficiency of the final stage Carrier amplifier has greatsignificance in improving the efficiency of the entire power amplifier.Meanwhile, the efficiency can be further improved in the drive stagepart, which can also better realize the efficiency improvement of theentire power amplifier.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The technical problem required to be solved by the present invention isto provide a power amplifier apparatus and a power amplifier circuit, tosolve the problem that power amplifier efficiency fails to satisfy therequirements.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present inventionprovides a power amplifier apparatus, which comprises one or multipleseries driver stage power amplifier circuits and a final stage poweramplifier circuit connected with an output end of the last driver stagepower amplifier circuit, wherein, both the driver stage power amplifiercircuit and final stage power amplifier circuit use Doherty circuitstructures.

Preferably, the Doherty circuit structure comprises:

a power divider sub-circuit;

one main amplifier and at least one auxiliary amplifier connected withoutput ends of the power divider sub-circuit;

and a power combiner sub-circuit connected with output ends of the mainamplifier and auxiliary amplifier.

Preferably, in the driver stage power amplifier circuit, both the mainamplifier and auxiliary amplifier are implemented by using LaterallyDiffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (LDMOS) poweramplifiers, or the main amplifier is implemented by using a HighElectron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) power amplifier, and the auxiliaryamplifier is implemented by using the LDMOS power amplifier.

Preferably, the main amplifier of the final stage power amplifiercircuit uses the High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) poweramplifier to implement a carrier power amplifier function, and theauxiliary amplifier uses the LDMOS power amplifier to implement a peakpower amplifier function.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present inventionprovides another kind of power amplifier apparatus, which comprises oneor multiple series driver stage power amplifier circuits and a finalstage power amplifier circuit connected with an output end of the lastdriver stage power amplifier circuit, wherein, both the driver stagepower amplifier circuit and the final stage power amplifier circuit usethe Doherty circuit structures, the driver stage power amplifier circuituses Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field EffectTransistor (LDMOS) power amplifiers to implement a Carrier amplifier anda Peak amplifier with the Doherty circuit structures, and the finalstage power amplifier circuit uses a High Electron Mobility Transistor(HEMT) power amplifier to implement the Carrier amplifier with theDoherty circuit structure, and uses a Laterally Diffused Metal OxideSemiconductor Field Effect Transistor (LDMOS) to implement the Peakamplifier.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present inventionprovides a further kind of power amplifier apparatus, which comprisesone or multiple series driver stage power amplifier circuits and a finalstage power amplifier circuit connected with an output end of the lastdriver stage power amplifier circuit, wherein, both the driver stagepower amplifier circuit and final stage power amplifier circuit use theDoherty circuit structure, use High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT)power amplifiers to implement a Carrier amplifier with the Dohertycircuit structure, and use Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide SemiconductorField Effect Transistors (LDMOS) to implement a Peak amplifier.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present inventionfurther provides a power amplifier circuit of a power amplifierapparatus, wherein, the power amplifier circuit uses the Doherty circuitstructure, uses a High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) poweramplifier to implement a Carrier amplifier with the Doherty circuitstructure, and uses a Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor FieldEffect Transistor (LDMOS) to implement a Peak amplifier.

Preferably, the power amplifier circuit is a driver stage or final stageof the power amplifier apparatus.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present inventionprovides still another kind of power amplifier circuit of a poweramplifier apparatus, which comprises:

a power divider sub-circuit;

a main amplifier connected with an output end of the power dividersub-circuit, wherein, the main amplifier uses a High Electron MobilityTransistor (HEMT) power amplifier to implement a carrier power amplifierfunction;

at least one auxiliary amplifier connected with an output end of thepower divider sub-circuit, wherein, the auxiliary amplifier uses aLaterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor(LDMOS) power amplifier to implement a peak power amplifier function;

and a power combiner sub-circuit connected with output ends of the mainamplifier and auxiliary amplifier.

Preferably, the power amplifier circuit is a driver stage or final stageof the power amplifier apparatus.

In the examples of the present invention, the power amplifier apparatusand the power amplifier circuit use the Doherty technology, and give abrand new combination of the Carrier amplifier and the Peak amplifier.Compared with the prior art, the power amplifier efficiency is improved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a traditional Doherty power amplifier.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the Doherty circuit structure.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of example 1 according to thepresent invention.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of example 2 according to thepresent invention.

FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of example 3 according to thepresent invention.

FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of example 4 according to thepresent invention.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

The power amplifier apparatus of the present invention uses theefficient Doherty circuit structure in the driver stage power amplifiercircuit and final stage power amplifier circuit, thereby improving theefficiency of the power amplifier apparatus.

What is particularly related to the present invention is that, the poweramplifier apparatus of the present invention includes one or multipleseries Driver Stage Power Amplifier circuits and a Final Stage PowerAmplifier circuit connected with an output end of the last driver stagepower amplifier circuit. Especially, in the present invention, theDriver Stage Power Amplifier circuit uses the Doherty circuit structure.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the Doherty circuit structureincludes: a power divider sub-circuit 10, one main amplifier 20 and atleast one auxiliary amplifier 30 connected with output ends of the powerdivider sub-circuit 10, and a power combiner sub-circuit 40 connectedwith output ends of the main amplifier and auxiliary amplifier.

Understandably, the main amplifier 20, also called a Carrier amplifier,provides main power amplifier functions, such as providing poweramplifier continuously. The auxiliary amplifier, also called the Peakamplifier, provides auxiliary power amplifier functions, such as onlyworking in specified conditions (e.g. a preset peak value is reached).As shown in FIG. 1, the power divider sub-circuit 10 includes a seriesof functional devices such as power divider, 90° quarter-wavelengthline, phase offset line and so on, the power combiner sub-circuit 40includes a series of functional apparatus such as 90° quarter-wavelines, phase offset line, impedance converter and so on, and thespecific types, models and connection relationship of the devices aredesigned, chosen and matched according to specific implementationrequirements, which are not limited by the present invention.

The main amplifier and auxiliary amplifier can be implemented by usingvarious power amplifiers, and preferably, are both implemented by usinga Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor(LDMOS) power amplifier, or the main amplifier is implemented by using aHigh Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) power amplifier, and theauxiliary amplifier is implemented by using the LDMOS power amplifier.

In the prior art, the Final Stage Power Amplifier circuit is alsoimplemented by using the Doherty circuit structure as shown in FIG. 2,and preferably, the High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) poweramplifier is used to implement a carrier power amplifier function, andthe LDMOS power amplifier is used to implement a peak power amplifierfunction.

The examples of the present invention will be described in detail incombination with the accompanying drawings below. It should be notedthat the examples and the characteristics in the examples according tothe present invention can be combined with each other in the conditionof no conflict.

Example 1

Example 1 of the power amplifier apparatus is as shown in FIG. 3, and inthe example 1, a driver stage uses a two-way Doherty structure circuit,and uses a LDMOS power amplifier to implement a carrier power amplifierfunction and a peak power amplifier function, and a final stage uses thetwo-way Doherty structure circuit, uses a High Electron MobilityTransistor (HEMT) power amplifier to implement the carrier poweramplifier function, and uses the LDMOS power amplifier to implement thepeak power amplifier function.

Specifically, an amplifier part of the driver stage is implemented byusing the Doherty circuit structure, and both the Carrier amplifier andPeak amplifier of the amplifier part use the Laterally Diffused MetalOxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (LDMOS, based on Si) poweramplifiers;

the Doherty circuit is used at the driver stage, meanwhile, the finalstage is implemented with a newly combined two-way Doherty circuitstructure.

With regard to a two-way structure Doherty (including traditionaltwo-way symmetrical Doherty and asymmetrical Doherty and so on) of thefinal stage and an architecture of one Carrier as well as one Peakevolved on the basis of this, the High Electron Mobility Transistor(HEMT, based on GaN) power amplifier is used as the Carrier amplifierand the Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field EffectTransistor (LDMOS, based on Si) power amplifier is used as the Peakamplifier to implement an efficiency improvement.

Example 2

Example 2 of the power amplifier apparatus is as shown in FIG. 4, and inthe example 2, a driver stage uses a two-way Doherty structure circuit,and uses a LDMOS power amplifier to implement a carrier power amplifierfunction and a peak power amplifier function, and a final stage uses thetwo-way Doherty structure circuit, and uses a High Electron MobilityTransistor (HEMT) power amplifier to implement the carrier poweramplifier function, and uses the LDMOS power amplifier to implement thepeak power amplifier function.

Specifically, an amplifier part of the driver stage is implemented byusing the Doherty circuit structure, and both the Carrier amplifier andPeak amplifier of the amplifier part use the LDMOS power amplifiers;

the Doherty circuit is used at the driver stage, meanwhile, the finalstage is implemented with a newly combined multi-way Doherty circuitstructure.

With regard to a multi-way structure Doherty of the final stage and anarchitecture of one Carrier amplifier as well as multiple Peakamplifiers evolved on the basis of this, the High Electron MobilityTransistor (HEMT) power amplifier is used as the Carrier amplifier andthe LDMOS power amplifiers are used as the multiple Peak amplifiers toimplement efficiency improvement.

Example 3

Example 3 of the power amplifier apparatus is as shown in FIG. 5, thecircuit structure in the example 3 is the same as that in the example 1,and the difference is that a driver stage uses a High Electron MobilityTransistor (HEMT) power amplifier to implement a carrier power amplifierfunction, and uses a LDMOS power amplifier to implement a peak poweramplifier function.

Example 4

Example 4 of the power amplifier apparatus is as shown in FIG. 6, thecircuit structure in the example 4 is the same as that in the example 2,and the difference is that a driver stage uses a High Electron MobilityTransistor (HEMT) power amplifier to implement a carrier power amplifierfunction, and uses a LDMOS power amplifier to implement a peak poweramplifier function.

The key point of the present invention is that: the driver stage uses anefficient Doherty circuit structure to achieve an efficiency improvementof the driver stage; meanwhile, the driver stage or final stage alsouses a breakthrough brand new combination mode, fully utilizes anadvantage of high efficiency of the HEMT power amplifier, and uses theHEMT power amplifier as the Carrier amplifier to improve efficiency andachieve an optimal performance; and utilizes advantages of hightechnology maturity, low cost and full range of apparatus of the LDMOSpower amplifier, and uses the LDMOS power amplifier as the Peakamplifier to achieve an optimal cost and achieve a perfect combinationof performance and cost ultimately.

With the method and apparatus of the present invention, compared withthe existing driver stage using the CLASS AB mode and both the finalstage Carrier amplifier and Peak amplifier using the Doherty poweramplifier of the LDMOS, the whole power amplifier efficiency can begreatly improved;

The LDMOS apparatus have been developed maturely with a full range oftypes and low costs. The driver uses a mode of the LDMOS device plus theDoherty structure, which not only improves the efficiency, but alsoguarantees the costs.

Currently, as the cost of the GaN HEMT power amplifier is 5 to 10 timeshigher than that of the Si LDMOS, therefore, compared with both theCarrier amplifier and Peak amplifier using the final stage Doherty poweramplifier of the LDMOS, the performance of the final stage poweramplifier part in the method and apparatus described in the presentinvention is improved, meanwhile, the cost will also be reduced;

In addition, since the LDMOS has been well developed, products of allthe manufacturers are comparatively complete, and product categorieswith different power levels are numerous. In applications, the LDMOSproducts with different models can be used as the Peak amplifiersaccording to different power levels, which are flexibly combined withthe Carrier amplifiers using the HEMT power amplifiers and implementedby using different Doherty structures (such as symmetrical, asymmetricaland multi-way and so on) as needed, thus, not only the cost andperformance are balanced, but also convenience and flexibility for useare guaranteed.

The specific steps for implementing the power amplifier apparatus of thepresent invention include:

1. according to different implementation requirements, firstlydetermining a model of the HEMT power amplifier used by a final stageCarrier amplifier.

2. according to different implementation requirements, comparing,analyzing and determining a Doherty structure to be used.

3. according to different implementation requirements, determining amodel of the LDMOS power amplifier used by a final stage Peak amplifier.

4. according to a final stage gain, determining the model of the HEMTpower amplifier or LDMOS power amplifier used by a driver stage Carrieramplifier, and the model of the LDMOS power amplifier used by a driverstage Peak amplifier.

5. completing a matching design of the amplifiers of the final stage anddriver stage and a design for the parts of power divider and powercombiner in the block diagram.

6. completing a design for the rest parts of the apparatus of thepresent invention.

A specific example is as follows: with regard to the design of 85 WDoherty power amplifier (PAR: 6 dB) used by the 2.1 GHz UMTS, two poweramplifiers whose total saturation power should be at least more than 360W need to be used to make a final stage design. In combination with theexisting devices of power amplifier manufacturers, it could be achievedby using two 200 W-LDMOS power amplifiers with the symmetrical Dohertystructure, and according to the current technology level of devices inthe industry, the single final stage power amplifier efficiency thereofis about 52%; however, if the method based on the present invention isused to implement it (wherein, the Carrier amplifier uses a 200 W HEMTpower amplifier and the Peak amplifier uses a 200 W LDMOS poweramplifier), the single final stage power amplifier efficiency thereof isabout 55%, which raises by about 6%; and if two HEMT power amplifiersare used to implement it, the single final stage power amplifierefficiency is also about 55%, but the cost will be 5 to 10 times higherthan that achieved by the method based on the present invention.

With regard to the Doherty driver design, since the final stage needs touse the saturation power more than 360 W at least, and the current 2.1GHz final stage power amplifier Doherty gain is about 16 dB, therefore,the driver stage can use two 10W-LDMOS power amplifiers to implement thedesign of amplifier part of the driver stage, and thus, compared withthe original CLASS AB design, efficiency of the driver stage can furtherbe improved by about 20% (for example, the efficiency of the driverstage is at 15% when the CLASS AB design is used and it can be up to 18%when the Doherty design is used).

Therefore, with the method and apparatus of the present invention, theefficiency will be greatly improved in a premise of guaranteeing thecosts.

The present invention also provides a power amplifier circuit of a poweramplifier apparatus, the power amplifier circuit uses the Dohertycircuit structure, uses a High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) poweramplifier to implement a Carrier amplifier with the Doherty circuitstructure, and uses a Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor FieldEffect Transistor (LDMOS) to implement a Peak amplifier. Specifically,the power amplifier circuit can be a driver stage or final stage of thepower amplifier apparatus, and specifically includes:

a power divider sub-circuit 10;

a main amplifier 20 connected with an output end of the power dividersub-circuit, wherein, the main amplifier uses the High Electron MobilityTransistor (HEMT) power amplifier to implement a carrier power amplifierfunction;

at least one auxiliary amplifier 30 connected with the output end of thepower divider sub-circuit, wherein, the auxiliary amplifier uses aLaterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor(LDMOS) power amplifier to implement a peak power amplifier function;

and a power combiner sub-circuit 40 connected with output ends of themain amplifier and auxiliary amplifier.

In conclusion, the implementation of the present invention is simple,and its design and debugging are convenient and flexible, and the costis low, those skilled in the field can easily implement the presentinvention with this specification. Within the working frequency range ofthe Doherty power amplifier, its efficiency specification can be greatlyimproved, and the apparatus can be widely used in the designs of avariety of Doherty power amplifiers.

The purpose of the present invention is to newly combine the Carrieramplifier and the Peak amplifier in the final stage power amplifierusing the Doherty technology, the newly combined structure is used toimprove the efficiency of the Carrier amplifier of the driver stage orfinal stage; the high efficient circuit structure is used in the driverstage, thus to achieve the significant improvement of the overallDoherty power amplifier efficiency from two aspects.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

In the examples of the present invention, the power amplifier apparatusand power amplifier circuit use a Doherty technology, and provide abrand new combination of the Carrier amplifier and Peak amplifier.Compared with the prior art, the power amplifier efficiency is improved.

What is claimed is:
 1. A power amplifier apparatus, comprising one ormultiple series driver stage power amplifier circuits and a final stagepower amplifier circuit connected with an output end of a last driverstage power amplifier circuit, wherein, both the driver stage poweramplifier circuit and final stage power amplifier circuit use Dohertycircuit structures.
 2. The power amplifier apparatus according to claim1, wherein, the Doherty circuit structure comprises: a power dividersub-circuit; one Main amplifier and at least one Auxiliary amplifierconnected with output ends of the power divider sub-circuit; and a powercombiner sub-circuit connected with output ends of the Main amplifierand the Auxiliary amplifier.
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 10. (canceled)11. The power amplifier apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, thepower divider sub-circuit includes a power divider, 90°quarter-wavelength line, phase offset line.
 12. The power amplifierapparatus according to claim 2, wherein, the power combiner sub-circuitincludes 90° quarter-wave lines, phase offset line, impedance converter.13. The power amplifier apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, in thedriver stage power amplifier circuit, both the Main amplifier and theAuxiliary amplifier are implemented by using Laterally Diffused MetalOxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (LDMOS) power amplifiers, orthe Main amplifier is implemented by using a High Electron MobilityTransistor (HEMT) power amplifier, and the Auxiliary amplifier isimplemented by using the LDMOS power amplifier.
 14. The power amplifierapparatus according to claim 2, wherein, the Main amplifier of the finalstage power amplifier circuit uses the High Electron Mobility Transistor(HEMT) power amplifier to implement a carrier power amplifier function,and the Auxiliary amplifier uses the LDMOS power amplifier to implementa peak power amplifier function.
 15. The power amplifier apparatusaccording to claim 1, wherein, the driver stage power amplifier circuituses Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field EffectTransistor (LDMOS) power amplifiers to implement a Main (carrier)amplifier and a Auxiliary (peak) amplifier with the Doherty circuitstructures, and the final stage power amplifier circuit uses a HighElectron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) power amplifier to implement theMain (carrier) amplifier with the Doherty circuit structure, and uses aLaterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor(LDMOS) to implement the Auxiliary (peak) amplifier, and the final stagepower amplifier circuit is implemented with a combined two-way Dohertycircuit structure.
 16. The power amplifier apparatus according to claim1, wherein, the driver stage power amplifier circuit uses LaterallyDiffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (LDMOS) poweramplifiers to implement a Main (carrier) amplifier and a Auxiliary(peak) amplifier with the Doherty circuit structures, and the finalstage power amplifier circuit uses a High Electron Mobility Transistor(HEMT) power amplifier to implement the Main (carrier) amplifier withthe Doherty circuit structure, and uses a plurality of LaterallyDiffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (LDMOS) toimplement the Auxiliary (peak) amplifier, and the final stage poweramplifier circuit is implemented with a combined multi-way Dohertycircuit structure.
 17. The power amplifier apparatus according to claim1, wherein, the driver stage power amplifier circuit and the final stagepower amplifier circuit use High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT)power amplifiers to implement Main (carrier) amplifiers with the Dohertycircuit structures, and use Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide SemiconductorField Effect Transistors (LDMOS) to implement Auxiliary (peak)amplifiers.
 18. The power amplifier apparatus according to claim 1,wherein, the driver stage power amplifier circuit uses High ElectronMobility Transistor (HEMT) power amplifiers to implement Main amplifierand uses Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field EffectTransistors (LDMOS) to implement Auxiliary amplifiers, and the finalstage power amplifier circuit uses High Electron Mobility Transistor(HEMT) power amplifiers to implement Main (carrier) amplifiers with theDoherty circuit structures and uses Laterally Diffused Metal OxideSemiconductor Field Effect Transistors (LDMOS) to implement Auxiliary(peak) amplifiers, and the final stage power amplifier circuit isimplemented with a combined two-way Doherty circuit structure.
 19. Thepower amplifier apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, the driverstage power amplifier circuit uses High Electron Mobility Transistor(HEMT) power amplifiers to implement Main amplifier and uses LaterallyDiffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (LDMOS) toimplement Auxiliary amplifiers, and the final stage power amplifiercircuit uses High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) power amplifiersto implement Main (carrier) amplifiers with the Doherty circuitstructures and uses a plurality of Laterally Diffused Metal OxideSemiconductor Field Effect Transistors (LDMOS) to implement Auxiliary(peak) amplifiers, and the final stage power amplifier circuit isimplemented with a combined multi-way Doherty circuit structure.
 20. Thepower amplifier apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus isimplemented by: determining a model of a power amplifier used by thefinal stage Main amplifier; comparing, analyzing and determining aDoherty structure to be used; determining a model of a power amplifierused by a final stage Auxiliary amplifier; according to a final stagegain, determining a model of a power amplifier used by a driver stageMain amplifier, and a model of a power amplifier used by a driver stageAuxiliary amplifier; completing a matching design of the amplifiers ofthe final stage and driver stage and a design for parts of power dividerand power combiner in a block diagram.
 21. A power amplifier circuit ofa power amplifier apparatus, wherein, the power amplifier circuit uses aDoherty circuit structure, uses a High Electron Mobility Transistor(HEMT) power amplifier to implement a Main (carrier) amplifier with theDoherty circuit structure, and uses a Laterally Diffused Metal OxideSemiconductor Field Effect Transistor (LDMOS) to implement a Auxiliary(peak) amplifier.
 22. The power amplifier circuit according to claim 21,wherein, the power amplifier circuit is a driver stage or final stage ofthe power amplifier apparatus.
 23. A power amplifier circuit of a poweramplifier apparatus, comprising: a power divider sub-circuit; a Mainamplifier connected with an output end of the power divider sub-circuit,wherein, the Main amplifier uses a High Electron Mobility Transistor(HEMT) power amplifier to implement a carrier power amplifier function;at least one Auxiliary amplifier connected with an output end of thepower divider sub-circuit, wherein, the Auxiliary amplifier uses aLaterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor(LDMOS) power amplifier to implement a peak power amplifier function;and a power combiner sub-circuit connected with output ends of the Mainamplifier and the Auxiliary amplifier.
 24. The power amplifier circuitaccording to claim 23, wherein, the power amplifier circuit is a driverstage or final stage of the power amplifier apparatus.